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Update: good/bad news. I found one of the missing cories, but it's dead. I'm down to three now and chances are one of those is also dead. I should get some more, but considering my cories' survival rate is like 30%, that might just be cruelty. I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong, maybe...

I use well water, so there's no chlorine in it. Ammonia is zero, temperature is 76 F, pH is 7.6, and there's a Bio-Wheel filter and an airstone. The tank is a standard 29 gallon, and I think it's about 18 inches tall, 12 deep, 36 across. Two of the fish are now completely missing, but the...

I found one dead this morning, one of the new ones. They all looked fine last night, except for seeming a bit antisocial. The other ones all looked great, so I just took it out and did a gravel vac and water change. But when I was done, I looked for all the fish again and noticed one had swam...

So I added a little dish of sand with a wafer on it, and the algae wafer disintegrated and formed a layer over the sand. A couple of the new cories have been sifting through it, but still no interest from the old cories. It could just be paranoia but I'm starting to think their stomachs are...

Ohh.. Maybe that explains why mine don't swim around on the bottom? Maybe they don't like the gravel. And that could be why they're always fighting to sit on top of the magnet--it has a smooth surface which they must prefer to the gravel... I'll try a little plate of sand with some food on it...

I still haven't seen them eat anything.. But I tried an algae wafer yesterday and it seems to have disappeared! There's quite a lot of plants and such though so it's possible I'm just not seeing it. Next I think I'll try the bloodworm idea. And no, they're not on sand, just fine gravel. I...

Well mine don't seem interested in meaty foods at the moment, so I just thought I'd give the algae wafers a try. I don't plan on feeding them only algae wafers--I will definitely keep experimenting with carnivorous foods as well. And as for the 10+ sounding like a lot, it was because I like...

10+ sounds like quite a lot for me, especially when they get big. But four more is doable, and if I have time I'll try to pick them up today along with some algae wafers. Do your cories like any kinds of vegetables? I googled it but got very mixed opinions.

Oh, thanks for the clarification. Yep, they're trilis, not julis. I'll try to get more of the same if they still have some in stock. Would one more trili and three of a different type be alright if I can't find four more trilis?

Not sure.. I just googled cory pictures and they look a lot like corydoras juli. And I can definitely add some more--I'm not planning on having anything else in the tank besides the gourami and the cories. Would they prefer ones of their same species or does it not matter? I tried wardley...

So about a week ago, I added three cories to a 29 gallon tank, home to my huge ancient pearl gourami and a few pond snails. I lost one after a couple days, but the other two seem to be doing fantastic except for the fact that they NEVER eat anything. They pick at silk plants and driftwood and...